Tuesday, June 06, 2006

Harvard Scientists Try Cloning to Create Stem Cells

Source: Bloomberg
Posted: June 6, 2006

Summary:

Harvard University researchers have entered the race to do what Korean scientist Hwang Woo Suk falsely claimed to have accomplished last year: clone a human embryo in the lab to create stem cells genetically matched to a living person.

The Harvard researchers said today they have begun an effort to combine egg cells donated by women with the genetic material of mature cells from adults to create human embryos in a dish.

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